Marans Thread for Posting Pics of Your Eggs, Chicks and Chickens

[geebs]

I don't have wheaton in mine... NONE anywhere... I have hatched enough eggs ... literally 100's and I have never throw a "sport". does the cockerel with the wheaton have a two tone hackle color.. The french are sooo very clear on that as well. I have often wondered if that is releted to the wheaton gene as it is so prevalent and you hear alot about the "straw" color...If that doesn't give a visual cue of the genes and what lies inside.... I surmise it does. I may be completely off base here... If there is anybody out there to prove or disprove that theory... please have at it.

 

[drom]

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I don't know if you were referring to what I mentioned about breeding outside of your flock, but just to clarify, I was referring to out-crossing to a different flock of unrelated birds, but of the same breed and variety. I haven't heard of anyone out-crossing to other breeds with the purpose of improving their Marans flock. But I would assume that might have happened in the very early breeding programs over here.


It seems totally unnecessary now. Unless someone is trying to create a completely different type of bird, such as an Olive Egger.

 

[berkeleysprings]

its getting interesting now but on a side note...................................... isnt the The carnation, or king's, comb is unique to the Penedesenca ?

 

[snowbird]

The carnation comb is unique to the Pene and when crossed with the Marans for the egg color will give you Marans with carnation combs mostly on the males and can be seen by three or four weeks old. This is different than a side sprig. There will be a cluster of side sprigs forming a carnation shape like the pene. Some of the females will have a wavy comb, that is not straight.

 

[berkeleysprings]

yes , kings crown is unique to the Penedesenca and thats is a good way to see if your bc are crossed . i do not hear many complaints about that being trouble for many....i am happy to say i have nothing to strange poping up on wheaten marans that i have
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[geebs]

I have culled completely from three different orders I have made to breeders...One of them a top breeder that all the males had crown combs and all the females had dark eyes and white enamiline on the earlobs... Sorry berkelysprings...I think it is actually a fairly common practice...or it was when I first started buying egg/birds. A LOT of what was first out there I believe to be a cross. The females never develope a nice comb..That ruined the small pene population I fear...Crossing them and now the penes available look like marans... no combs and not much white to the earlobes... Sad practice. Nothng like throwing some partridge pene in your black marans line... I hope it is less common now....

 

[snowbird]

The problem with these Pene crosses is it may not show up for a couple of generations. Once this blood is in the Marans it will always be in them. Who knows for sure that some of this was not in the Marans when they were imported from France. From everything I have read they have been crossed with everything available since the beginning antway.

 

[berkeleysprings]

i had no idea kings crown was poping up in the bc i do here about side sprigs and all but not corination wich is different i think ,i am just lazy , by picking the color that what i see has the least trouble with things popping up..... no rooster that i have has a perfect comb and the size of cock and pullet needs to even out colser to standard but for the most part the wheatens that bev davis and budy henery created are in the ball park or at least the parking lot out front.....lol lol lol ..... and wheaten being wheaten .the color is breeding true with no sports but egg color is awful in the 5,s. i did hatch out 3 out of 70 with no leg feathers
from the same parrents wich i dont completly understand

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[berkeleysprings]

i should say that bev davis and buddy henery did wonderful work on the eggs they sell , its some of the best

 

[Glenbogel06]

Just wanted to post some pics of our Marans of various ages, including our full grown adult Marans Roos. These are berkeleysprings Marans.